Accreditation organizations require medical staff services departments to perform ongoing professional practice evaluations to assess the competency of providers granted clinical privileges, including APPs, on a continual basis.The OPPE process relies on MSPs’ ability to collect clean data that...
Physician compensation increased significantly and physician productivity rose slightly last year, according to an American Medical Group Association survey. Median overall physician compensation in 2018 increased 2.92%,...
In addition to establishing a written agreement between facilities and making sure thorough credentialing processes are in place, hospitals should ensure the competency of the telemedicine providers they partner with by finding out as much as possible about them, including their rapport with...
A Massachusetts District Court (the “Court”) denied the motion to dismiss put forth by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Massachusetts General Physicians Organization, and Partners Healthcare System (collectively, “Defendants”). Defendants based the motion on the plaintiff’s failure to state...
